Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

Sarah Bond is a professor of classics at the University of Iowa and the author of Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in ...

The fall of the Roman Empire remains one of the most intriguing and widely studied events in human history. While traditional ...

A stash of "unusually large" 2,000-year-old shoes dug up at a Roman site in northern England has left archaeologists ...

From seasonal intimacy schedules to open-air nudity, ancient Greco-Roman thinkers had no shortage of theories on how to stay ...

Braga, often referred to as the Rome of Portugal, is a city that's steeped in history and has been named Europe's leading ...

The Lower Germanic Lines, now in the Netherlands, had been considered the northernmost outpost of the Roman Empire. But the discovery of a fort at the Hoog Buurlo site in Veluwe, dated to the second ...

It’s not coincidental that today’s optional memorial follows the Solemnity of Peter and Paul. Sts. Peter and Paul stand at ...

The Vatican Museums has unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms. These are the spectacularly ...

By Peter Edwell for The ConversationStanding in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo voices from 1,800 years ago.

Archaeologists said the ancient structure, lined with wicker, provides “a fascinating glimpse into life in Roman Britain.” ...

Part of a road in Cyprus collapsed, revealing a long-forgotten tomb from about 2,000 years ago, officials said. Photos show its artifacts. Photo from the Department of Antiquities and Museums of the ...